Sandila | |
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Town | |
 Map of Sandila CD block | |
  Sandila Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Sandila Sandila (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°4′48″N 80°31′12″E / 27.08000°N 80.52000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Lucknow |
| District | Hardoi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Sandila Municipal Council |
| • Municipal Chairperson | Mohammed Rais Ansari (SP)[1] |
| • Lok Sabha MP | Ashok Kumar Rawat (BJP) |
| • MLA | Alka Singh Arkvansi (BJP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.62 km2 (9.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 58,346 |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sandilivi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-30 |
Sandila is a town and nagar palika parishad in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2] It serves as a tehsil headquarters within the district.[2] Located midway between Hardoi and Lucknow, Sandila is a well-connected town with roads leading in all directions and a major broad gauge rail line passing through the south side of town.[3] Important industries include sweets[2] — its laddus are especially well-known[3] — as well as beedi production and zardozi work.[2]
Sandila is the oldest municipality in Hardoi district, established on 14 July 1868.[3] As of 2011, its population is 58,346, in 9,663 households.[2]
- ^ "2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Hardoi, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 15–16, 32–52, 435–54, 578–82, 589. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Nevill, H.R. (1904). Hardoi - A Gazetteer. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 121, 133–5, 249–57. Retrieved 19 June 2021.